CVE-2025-14611: Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox Hard Coded Cryptographic Vulnerability

What it is

Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox prior to version 16.12.10420.56791 used hardcoded values for their implementation of the AES cryptoscheme. This degrades security for public exposed endpoints that may make use of it and may offer arbitrary local file inclusion when provided a specially crafted request without authentication. This opens the door for future exploitation and can be leveraged with previous vulnerabilities to gain a full system compromise.

Exploitation evidence

First exploit evidence seen: 2025-12-10 (earliest date across the sources below).

Exploited in the wild

• CISA KEV: listed since 2025-12-15. Source

Public exploit code

Metasploit

• auxiliary/gather/gladinet_storage_access_ticket_forge: Gladinet CentreStack/Triofox Access Ticket Forge (disclosure 2025-12-10)

GitHub proof-of-concept repositories below quality bar

1 public repositories from 1 accounts, first seen 2025-12-29.

Verify before running: public PoCs can be malicious. Read the code and only run it in an isolated lab. A PoC means exploit code is public, not that this CVE is exploited in the wild.

Sources: CISA KEV · Rapid7 Metasploit Framework module metadata · nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub.

How to fix it

CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. (source: CISA KEV)

Fixed versions

• gladinet centrestack: upgrade to 16.12.10420.56791 or later
• gladinet triofox: upgrade to 16.12.10420.56791 or later

Derived from the NVD CPE configuration (versionEndExcluding / versionEndIncluding). Always confirm with the vendor advisory.

Vendor advisories and patches

• https://www.centrestack.com/p/gce_latest_release.html (CISA KEV notes)
• https://access.triofox.com/releases_history/ (CISA KEV notes)
• https://support.centrestack.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007159054-Hardening-the-CentreStack-Cluster#h_01JQRV57T37HJFQZKBZH9NBXQP (CISA KEV notes)

MITRE ATT&CK mitigations for this chain

• M1032 Multi-factor Authentication (for T1078.001) : Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for default accounts whenever possible to prevent unauthorized access, even if credentials for these accounts are compromised. MFA adds an additional layer of security that requires more than just a username and password, making it significantly harder for adversaries to expl
• M1027 Password Policies (for T1078.001) : Applications and appliances that utilize default username and password should be changed immediately after the installation, and before deployment to a production environment.

Detection Generic guidance

• Initial Access: Alert on unusual requests to the affected service (odd paths, oversized payloads, exploit strings) in WAF, reverse-proxy and application logs.
• Persistence: Look for new files in web roots, new scheduled tasks/services, and new accounts created after the exposure window.
• Privilege Escalation: Alert on processes gaining SYSTEM/root unexpectedly, and on exploitation crashes of privileged services.

Response checklist Generic guidance

1. Inventory: find every instance of the affected product and version (include internet-facing and forgotten ones).
2. Patch or mitigate per the vendor advisory; if you cannot patch, remove internet exposure or apply the vendor workaround.
3. Assume compromise if the system was exposed before patching: hunt for the indicators in the advisory and review logs back to the disclosure date.
4. Rotate credentials and secrets stored on or used by the affected system if compromise cannot be ruled out.